Do not desire, for what you desire you get, and with it comes terrible bondage. It is nothing but bringing “noses on us,” as in the case of the man who had three boons to ask. We never get freedom until we are self-contained. “Self is the Saviour of self, none else.”
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAEducation is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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To get any reason out of the mass of incongruity we call human life, we have to transcend our reason, but we must do it scientifically, slowly, by regular practice, and we must cast off all superstition.
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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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The great lesson is, that unity is behind all. Call it God, Love, Spirit. Allah, Jehovah – it is the same unity that animates all life from the lowest animal to the noblest man.
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I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher. That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.
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We cannot see outside what we are not inside. The universe is to us what the huge engine is to the miniature engine; and indication of any error in the tiny engine leads us to imagine trouble in the huge one.
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There is no other teacher but your own soul.
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We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.
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There is only one Soul in the Universe. There is no ‘you’ or ‘me’; all variety is merged into the absolute unity, the one infinite existence – God.
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Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
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What we call powers, secrets of nature, and force, are all within. In the external world are only a series of changes.
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Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.
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Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world.
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If you have knowledge and see a man weak, do not condemn him. Go to his level and help him if you can. He must grow.
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You must all pay attention to your health first.
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Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.
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